The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-22 00:00:00

• BOYAL ITALIAN OPERA,' Covent -garden. Last Night but Six. YrOduction of Meyerbeer's grand historical opera, in three act , L'Etolle Du Nord, It will be remembered that this chef d'oeuvre of the great I t was produced in the latter part of the season 18455. It bad only been performed on seven occasions when the calamitous burning of the old theatre took place, entirely consu ming the immense mass of materiel so lately prepared tor its representation. It may therefore almost be regarded Si a new work in this country . Since te erection of the pre sent theatre, four out of the five great works ot Meyerbeer have been reproduced--viz., Les Htuueacits, Le Prop ate, Lit, arah, and Roberto it Diavolo. The fifth—viz., L'ETOILE DTI NORD, will tie produced TO- tiOR ROW EVENING (Saturday), July 23, wivh entirely new scenery, costumes, and appointments. On this occasion the opera will commence at 8 o'clock. Catferina, Madame Miolau-Carvalho, her first appearance in. that character, and her first appearance this ses,.n ; eras cvvia, Mae. Maria Brunetti, her first appearance at the Itclal Italian I ipera ; Natalia, Madame Ruclersdorif ; Echi mova, Millie. Jenny Bauer, her first appearance this seas n ; iowitz, 'Signor Naudia, his first appearance in that Ci a m pi , ; Giorgio, Signor Is.;eri-Baraldi ; Gritzenko, Signor Ciampi, his first appe-irance in that character ; Co.onel Ne.- molotr, Signor T gliatico ; General Tcheremetieff, Signor Polonini ; Hainoldo, Signor Capponi ; smailoll, Signor Lucchiisr ; tifficiale Prima, Signor )wallas ' • Iluiciale Second° n , Signor E.ossi ; and Pietro, M. e sure, his first appearance i that Lharacter in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Th e scenery by Mr. W. Beverl e y. T he machinery by Mr. Sloman. The appointments by Mr. Brunton. The cos tumes by Mrs. James, M , dame Vailet, Mr. Coombes, and Hennier. The dances by M. Desplaces. T he Mis-en-scene by Mr. A. Harris. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre stais, 105. 6d., 75., and s s. ; amphitheatre. 25. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box - office under the portico of the thea musics tre, whic and h is o pen from ten till five, and at the principal ellers' JRj 0Y A L PMNCE S S' S THEATRE.-. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Aiurray. After which, the new play by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF ST. JUS I' : Messrs. Vining, H. Mars ton, J. Nelson, J. W. KayH. Mellon, W. Robins, k_. Seyton, Chapman; Mrs. D. Marston, and Mdlle. Stella Colas. aE A. ritE-ito YAL, ADELPHL-- , 6ale Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. THIS EV ENING " , .Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. it )91e, P. Redford, St aart, Stephenson, Romer ; Miss Woolgar, miss Denman. it o n o wed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: met wrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, it. itomerMise Woolgar, and jt. Lewis. Commence at 7. 110 YAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. ant Mrs. Charles Mathews. Production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burnand, Esq., entitled FAUST Apill MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and 111:s Charles Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Ranson and Sons ; the incidental Ba,let by Osear Byrne. Amongst the artists engaged will he found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. .J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr." F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley , Mr. J. Johnstone ; bliss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miso Wentwortn,TMrs. Stirling . , and Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CI:OTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. • Robinson. t a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE :Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, :Mr. Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W. Chamberlaine, and Mrs. C. Mathews. pt 19, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthew.... To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frani; Mathews, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth. lOODWOOD —RACE GLASSES, the beet at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna- OPERA and RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht Glasses, in every variety of size, form, and mounting, matchless for their great magnifying power and ,harpness of definition. Price, from 30s. each, at CA.I.LAGiIAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, w., corner of Conduit-street. Sole agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo graphic len.es made by Veig,tlander, Vienna. Field glasses irmae expressly for india. warranted to withstand the greatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re ceiutly made for lI.R. H. the Prince of Wales, , , though of the largest size, weigh but a few ounces. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stack a variety of WASHING sILK DRESSES, suitatle for the Country and seaside, and at the c.earing-out pi ice of only £1 115. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r. sen 15 per cent., and it will soon reach a tar greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, tnerefore, invite their numer,us patrons to take adv , nta.ge of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturilly b.t more costly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 217, 210, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COAL 3. Direct from their own Collieries.. Marquis'. 23s. per ton. I Double ?Os. per ton. 'f op 225. „ Deep ....215. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Lie. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN GCOTT, Sole Agent Tr" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing, the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. OLtNIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 22, 1864. THER.MOWETEIL This day at Two o'clock 7O Barometer-29.84. WIND—S.W. ; light, and cloudy. HIGLI WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAY.—Morning, 4h. Bm.—Afternoon, 4h. 23m, To-xoßaow.-Morning, 4h. 53m.—Afternoon, sh. 1201 il ar v e l l ' I 1 7 SUIT LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1864. The manifesto of the Confederate States comes very appropriate at this juncture, and from its tone and sentiment it appears to be free from that jealous disposition and vehement expression which so often mar the effect of the American declarations. So much calumny has been uttered relative to the Southern States by those who should have known better, and their garbled statements have so often bewildered and taken in the ignorant and mis informed, that it seems to be a right and fitting thing for them to come forward and declare their purpose, explain their meaning, and give expression to their feelings. It is styled " Joint resolutions declaring the disposition of principles and purposes of the Confederate Stated in relation to the existing war with the United States,"and through the whole tenour of its course it keeps to the text and fulfils its promise. It sets ant by stating that it is due to the great sacrifices which have been made that the public opinion of the world be enlightened as to the nature and character of the struggle in which they are en gaged, and there can be no doubt th a t th ere i s am ple justification for the adoption of such a course, and that many will be glad to meet with much a document, comprising as it does a summary of the chief objects and the great aim which those belligerents have had in view from the commencement of the struggle which has occupied the attention and riveted the notice of the world. It would have been impossible for this manifesto to have been drawn up in a better manner—its style is vigorous and its language statesmanlike. it reflects great credit on SEFPERSON DAVIS, ;rid is in keeping with all we have seen of his conduct from the outset of this memorable mutest. The opinions herein rut forth de not, belong to any State or appertain to a particel har people they are part of the great principles which are the heritage world, an d sad property of all the nations of th e more especially those which can claim, lik e , the Con federate States of America, to have had a free existence which their fathers fought for and gained at so much cost and sacrifice. Whether we regard its broad outline of principles, its determined advo cacy of freedom, or its calm review of the events that have occurred during the war, it must appear that this enunciation is alike fair and honourable. It does not require a very great scope of fancy to picture to ourselves what terms the Federal States would have made use of had they been issuing a statement of this class or character. We should have been treated to the • mest extravagant assertions, the bitterest rancour, and the moat vehement j d n- ignatiOa relating to their opponents. On the eentrary, in this manifesto there is particular .2are lest offensive terms be employed. A w titer of history, Writing impartially of past tea nsactions, could not discourse more quietly and collectedly than do these expo nents of the objects f;or which they are struggling. In the first place it, is laid down that nothing but necessity would h Ave induced them to take up arms, and that wit enever their enemy ceases from its persecution t hey will willingly accede to the proposals for peace. This is as much as could be expected frora the Congress of States that have exhibited such zeal, ardour, and patriotism in the prosecution of their purpose. " Hereditary rights and cherisheal institutions," are worthy of being preseeved, and much as the beholding world may deplore the sad havoc and disastrous consequences of the war, all must admit that the efforts aro not fruitless nor the object unworthy of the strife. Pro aris et focis is an axiom of univer sal renown, and the world as it grows old can give us no better watchword to send forth with our armies into the field, and inspire our community at home with zeal and vigilance. Every one of fore sight must be aware that the Confederates are fight ing for their existence, for their status in the world, as free citizens of independent cities, and the good wishes of all haters of tyranny and oppression go with them to their arduous encounters, and trust that the day is not far distant when a termination will be put to this fearful struggle in the only satisfactory manner that can possibly issue, and the end will crown the work which has been so assiduously performed. This Manifesto is another proof that the Confederates have displayed of their partaking far more than their rivals of the genuine Anglo-Saxon sentiments. Not alone have these been exhibited by their dauntless bravery, but by their indomitable spirit, which reverses could not quell nor disparity of numbers affect. It is also in their moderation in writing and speaking that we recognise the germs of that calmness and reticence which, as much as our arms, have mad© us mighty, and given strength to our councils, and effect to our representations. The truth put for ward in this declaration cannot be gainsaid, end years of fighting have attested to the veracity of the assertion, that the world must see that eigh!, millions of people in so large a territory, with so many and such varied resources, and animated with such a spirit of resistance, cannot be conquered. This is so evident that it is alike distressing and irritating to find the fact wilfully ignored by the Federals, the sharpest among whom must have re cognised the utter fallaciousness of their task long before this. Perhaps the most effective passage here met with:is the one which denounces the attempt made by the invaders to transfer states and indepen dent citizens as though they were rebellious subjects. This is emphatically designated as a " solecism in terms, as well as an outrage on the principles of public law." It is something to say that, after these • years of strife, these unequal struggles, and the constant temptation to violence, the Confede rates have earned the right to call themselves honourable claimants for independence and worthy champions of a just cause. Their opponents have failed utterly and completely in winning respect for their motives or their actions. Their conduct has been distinguished by traits unbecoming savage communities and utterly unbearable among civilised States. It is to the lasting honour of the Confede rates that their course has been marked by no such unworthy events, and there is no reason to gainsay the justice of their appeal when they, in confidence and faith, "commit their cause to the enlightened judgment of the world, to the sober reflections of their adversaries themselves, and to the solemn and, righteous arbitrament of HEATEN." The project of embanking the Thames is one of the most important of the various schemes for improving and adorning the metropolis. It has been talked of so long that it has come to be looked on in many quarters as almost a Utopian vision, and the public were fain to content themselves with the prospect of still retaining our noble river as an insalubrious and unsavoury highway for traffic, instead of being, as it might be, the source of health and comfort to the passer-by. The air blowing across pure running water is as fresh and healthful as the vapours arising from foul water is injurious and obnoxious. We had some years ago so strong a lesson on this Point that it startled even our apathetic Legislature, and sent the members hurry ing from their committee rcotns. Of what avail was it that they should carry on their delibera tions in Mr. BARRY'S gorgeous and costly structure, when all the ingenuity of the architect could not render its ornamented walls impervious to the noxious vapours arising from Old Father Thames ? The consequences of the unwholesome effluvia to those employed daily on its banks or in its naviga tion were more serious, and had the evil reached its height in a cholera year the results might have been frightful. As it was, the question of what was to be done with the Thames rose into iranae diate prominence, and every one had some scheme or device for ameliorating its condition. Happily the great main drainage scheme has done good service since that time, by diverting the sewage of the metropolis. It is this scheme that has directly hastened the carrying out of the long talked of em bankment, for the inconvenience of constructing low level sewer under the busy and crowded high. ways north of the Thames was so great and so obvious that the idea of an embankment at once suggested itself to the Board of Works. They saw that by this plan they would not only carry out a great public want and provide a much needed thoroughfare, but they would have the opportunity of completing their drainage scheme without causing any inconvenience or interfering in any way with the vast traffic of the metropolis. They therefore submitted Ceti; views on the matter to Mr. COWPER, 'who beought the necessary Bill before Parliament, Eyed the great work was set in hand. It is, in face, only mar ve ll ous h ow a wealthy and energetic T.eople like ourse l ves, possessed, too, skill, ca n so l ong have de of such engi aseas i ng layed such, a necessary reform. Whether we con sider the value of purifying the river—the imreortance of relieving the traffic —or the orna ment which the Embankment will be to the Metropolis, we must feel some surprise that it was not set about before. The unhealthy vapours, the dismal mud-banks, the wretched little piers which supply our vast steamer traffic, and the mighty stream . of life and business daily rivaling and chafing along Fleetestreet and Cheap. side have all been bolne with the constitutional patience of Englishmen under evils of gradual growth and venerable antiquity. If we could obtain an miurate history cf the loss of time and temper, the injury to business, the annoyance and inconvenience occasioned by one week's stoppages and delays in the Poultry during the busy time of the year, we should probably stand aghast at the aggregate o f mischief during the last twenty years, There was no valid o r actual reason why the work sh ou ld not have be en done long ago. Certainly We were not wa iting for money or means, for financial credit or for engineering skill. The covetousness of proprietors has had something to do with the delay, but the active spirit with which the metropolitan railways are being carried forward leaves no zoom for 41411 impediments. If a private speculation can be car ried on in face of opposition, surely a great national undertaking for the benefit of the many need not stand still to suit the . whims or wishes of a few, For the Embankment will undoubtedly be a public advan. tege. It will profit both poor and rich ; both alike will gain a pleasant highway for recreation, and will have the immense advantage of purer air and water, besides the relief to the over-crowded streets. Ac■ cordingly, after so many delays and difficulties, the great work is now begun in earnest, and on Wed nesday afternoon the foundation stone was laid at Westminster, opposite the Board of Control, and the Thames Embankment fairly inaugurated. There were present at the interesting ceremony the First Commissioner of Works, the late Commis.. sinner, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board, the engineers and contractors engaged, and many others. The scene was a striking one; and when Mr. TRWAITES declared the first stone duly laid, and the answering cheer rose up from the surrounding spec tators, to be caught up by the workmen and navvies, in the yard, it was no wonder that more than one artist strove to catch its prominent features. For the work is no mere ephemeral triumph of the day, no building which, however grand or costly, is merely a matter of speculative prodt, but it is to be one of those creations of art and science which is to carry down the fame of a nation from one generation to another. Even as the old water gate, which is to form part of it, has survived all the other traces of the splendour of Buckingham House, and has outworn dynasties, so the Thames Embankment may present its noble frontage to the river when the present boundaries of Europe and America are matters of the past. Stretching from the old City Cathedral to the grand Gothic Abbey at Westminster, it links the past and the present, and if no skill of modern times can rival those venerable structures, the magnificent high way which is to unite the two will at least testify to all succeeding time that the present generation of Englishmen have inherited something of the genius, the daring, and the energy of their fathers, BANK OF FRANCE, (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, July 21. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous accounts : JULY 21. JULY H. Du. f, c. f. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9.1857) 5,059,532 49 5,050,668 93 Reserve in tho Bank and its branches Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,003 Notes in circulation 788,378,725 792,519,275 Bank notes to order and re- ceipts payable at sight 5,9r,9,290 56 5,376,404 44 Treasury ac, , . cur. creditor 60,496,24.5 97 58,430,429 98 Currentaccounts—Paris 113,792,771 18 131,889 '202 73 Do. branch-banks 21,489 4,9 20,352,280 Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests 4,417,058 59 3,583,344 57 Re-discounts of the last six months 2,588.735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 1,234,494,432 40 1,258,418,650 63 CR. Cash in hand and branch- banks Commercial bills overdue 3,225,228 27 Commi3reMbillsdiscouLted '473;531 44 not yet due ,...333,432,249 11 354,078,822 86 Do. branch-banks ....307,867,104 313,108,624 Advances on deposits of bullion . , Do. branch. banks 3,388,100 3,4 ! 4,800 Advances on Frenchpublio securities Do, branch-banks 9,678,650 9,571,0J/0 Advance 9 on railway shares and debentures 28,598,600 29,439,700 Do. branch-banks 18,853,200 19,088,t00 Advances on Credit Fon- cier Bonds 350.600 332,000 Do. branch-banks 36.5,900 Advances to the State 33700 - (Conven. June 10, 1557) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 11 Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) Hotel and furniture of the Bank Lauded property, branches Expenses of management 505,311 03 113,418 26 Sundries 3,821,572 67 2,504,902 17 1,234,494,432 40 1,2.58,418,650 63 Certified by the Honorary Vice-Pregclent of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD, YUITRY. ETON COLLEGE.—The examination of candidates for the foundation commenced yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, the posers having arrived at the college on the previous day. The following was the order of examination : —From 7 till 9 o'clock Latin translation ; half past 10 till half past 12, Latin composition; and from 3 till half past 4 arithmetic paper. To-day (Friday) the examination will proceed as follows :—From 7 till 9 Greek translation, and from 11 till half past 12 second mathematical paper for boys of 13 years old and upwards. The candidates, numbering it is understood upwards of 70, are allowed to use a dic tionary, gradus, Greek lexicon, and grammars for every paper but the first. At the election of :830 it was agreed that a certain amount of mathematical knowledge should be required from all candidates in proportion to their ages. For this purpose a general paper is now set, which includes ordinary arithmetic, algebra up to quadratic equations, and the first three boolis of Euclid. The examination concludes to-day, and the result will probably be made known on Mon day. Tare election regatta takes place to-morrow. THE NEW HOTEL AT BRIGHTON.—The Grand Hotel at Brighton is now completed, and to-more row the doors of the splendid establishment will be thrown open for the receptic , a of visitors. The new building is situate in the King's-road, and commands ono of the best views of the sea to be found in this very popular watering place. It is in the Italian style of architecture, admirably finished both within and without. The structure is nine stories in height, and has elegantly shaped balconies along the entire front of the windows. The interior of the build ing is remarkable for the abundant amount of space which has been devoted to every department; and all the new principles of ventilation seem to have been skilfully followed. All the usual requisites of coff,to room, library, reading room, biliard and smoking rooms, are well arranged; and on the ground floor there are two tastefully decorated con servatories, together with a ladies' coffee room, which latter has all the character of a drawing room in a private man sion. The -coffee room is without doubt one of the most elegantly decorated apartments ever seen, and although gilding enters largely into the ornamentation, yet the other colours are so relatively blended, that the effect is everything that could be wished. The hotel contains 260 rooms, and on each floor both hot and cold baths have been provided, a "lift" also renders the ascending of the stairs by a visitor needless, and he has only to take his seat in a very pretty little room on the ground floor and forthwith he is raised to the, storey upon which his room is situate. The charges are extremely moderate—so moderate, indeed, that any person can avail himself of the advantages of th 3 Grand Hotel, as the charge for bedrooms ranges from 2s 6d to 21s. The direc tors have determined to leave, nothing undone that can conduce to the comfort of the public, and it is to be hoped that their exertions will meet with that succesa which their spirit, enterprise, and large outlay entitles them to. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH 01? A YOUNG LADY. —The Elgin Courant records the death, under very melancholy circumstances, of Miss Margaret Walker, residing with her brother, who is schoolmaster at Tulloch, in Strathtay, in the parish of Logierait, Perthshire. "Mr Walker, on Sunday week, went to church as usual, a dis tance of about three miles, and on returning he found that his sister had left home without leaving any message as to where she had gone. He took no particular notice of this, as Miss Walker was in the habit of occasionally visiting a friend that resided a few miles distant, with whom she once stayed all night. Little was thought about her absence un til Monday night, when David M'Naughton, gamekeeper, Pitnacree, found her clothes about two miles from the schoolhouse, folded and laid up in a most regular manner. It appears she was seen by two men on Sabbath night, about an hour after she lrft her brother's house, in a state of nudity ; yet, strange to say, these men gave no alarm. On Monday night the friends cf the young woman commenced an active search, which was continued In vain until Wednesday night, when the body was found among the hills, 10 miles from the house, lifeless and still naked. By post••mortem examination, inflammation of long standing was discovered in the back portion of the brain, which, there is no doubt, had led to the extraordinary circumstances which resulted in her melincholy death. The verdict of the medical men who made the post-mortem examination was: —Died from exposure, while wandering in a state of insanity ; but we believe they were of opinion that she had recovered her senses before death—a circum stance which makes the case still more lamentable. Miss Walker was a most intelligent, quiet, inoffensive, and kind hearted young woman, in her twenty-third year, and was a geperal favourite with all who knew her," LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 21. The Noticias publishes a despatch from La Grauja, stating that the King of Spain will set out for Franc© on the 10J); instead of the I,sth, of August, so as to return on the 25th August. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 21.—The market has been very dull, but up to the present time there has been but trifling variation in prices. Threes, for the Account, after having bees done at 661. 30c., are now tan varied at 66f. 25c, Mobilier, after having touehtd 1,003 f. 25c., have receded to 1,003 f. 75f. Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market became heavier towards the close, and lef 41 per Cents. 94 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 20 Credit Mobilier 990 Do. end month O9l. 25 Bank Shares 3 kOO Credit Foncior Roman BAIL off as follows Loan 6B 20 Do. end month 6B 15 Ditto Threes .. Nag Mexican .... s€l ntsian A.uitrian Sptnish Threes .. • — Flame Debt DeFerrei - FA7B. Cash. Account. Orleans , - 375 .. 872 50 Northern 978 75 .. 980 Lyons and Mediterranean 900 .. 900 New ditto Southern Western Eastern .... 475 .. 476 25 Sardinian Austrian .. Lombard North of Spain Saragossa 522 60 .. 525 Ditto to Barcelona THE BOMJAY MAIL, By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re ceived our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta to Jun e 13 and Bombay June 23. Intelligence I .Jad been received in Calcutta, by telegraph f , : o r n Simla, of a battle having been fought in Cab ;,j, in which the Ameer was victorious. 2,000 are, reported to ha7e been killed on each side. The following extracts are from the Overland summary of the Bombay Gazette : "An uneasy feeling has prevailed on the North. Eastern frontier, since the return of the Bhootan Mission, in expectation of aggressions by the Bhoo taneSe. They are said to be assembling at a place not far from Julpigaree, and that the Sooba of Dabincote is collecting supplies there. The Bhoo tanese have, moreover, consulted their priests and oracles as to a favourable time for commencing proceedings; but the latter are unfavourable to an invasion of British territory, and have sternly for bidden it. If att&cked, however, by the British within their own borders, then the Ilhoatanese are promised by their oracles a series of triumphant victories, " Sir John Lawrence has declared himself op posed, for military reasons, to the extension of the Scinde Railway to Mooltan, and favourably inclined towards the maintenance of an Indus flotilla. " In the case of Mahomed Sooffee, the chief of the rebels who were recently tried and convic:ed of high treason at Unaballah, in the Upper Provinces, Sir Herbert Ed wardes has, in addition to confirming the sentence of death passed upon him by the Ses sions Judge, directed that his body be burnt after execution, as was done in the case of the murder of the late Major Msckeeon, a former Commissioner on the Punjab. "Intelligence has been received from the Punjab that the Nawab of Bhawulpore has murdered his uncle,anct that the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Robert Montgomery, has propesed to the Supreme Govern ment to take over the management of the Nawab's territory, the usual Political Agents being appointed to reside there. "The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Candia, Capt. Castle, which suffered so severely in the cyclone off Socotra on the 29th April last, has reached Calcutta in safety. "The latest advices from A ffghanistan are to the effect that Sirdar Mahomed U'zul Khan, the eldest brother of the Ameer .of Cabool, has usurped the title of Ameer, in which he is aided end Abottod by the Khan of Bukhara ; and he has threatened to send an army against Cabool, which is about to start for Bameean. The Ameer de facto, if not tie jure, Shere Mahomed Khan, seems to entertain no fears as to the result of an appeal to arms, and maintains a bolder front and more defiant tone than ever, since the defeat and flight of his second brother, Matim ed Auxin Khan, who is now at Rawul Pindee, in the Punjab; awaiting an interview o with the Lieutenant - Ueneral of that province. "Dr. Livingstone, the renowned African traveller and missionary, arrived at Bombay in his little ? NAyassa, from Zanzibar, on left that port on the Ist idem. r th iv e er m s t te h a i ni ns e t r l th h e av L in a Immediately on his arrival Dr. L ivingstone started for Panuchgunnee, via Poona, with despatches for his Excellency Sir Bartle Frere, He has since re turned to Bombay. MARKETS—Tbig Day MARX-LANE . Only a moderate supply of home-grown wheat was re ceived fresh up to our market to-day. Generally speaking the trade was quiet. Nevertheless, Monday's prices were steadily supported. The supply of n foreiz wheat- on the stands was moderately large. The transactions in most descriptions were of limited extent, yet prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain steadily supported previous rates. _ . Barley, the supply of wb ich on sale was small, ruled firm , tendency average avein prices. e business was transacte d, on f w o sha an np alu terms.wa aboutrd _ The euPply of oath on sale was large. Most descriptions were in fair average rcquest, and prices ruled firm. Beans and peas we in litaited supply, and both articles Cully supported previous rate s; The dour trade was at late quotations. - TLIIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. malt O a ts. Flow. Enish...— L 270 I to )470 AI usityeAadu 3 2 0 9 Q la . 0 - aka, Irish Foreign-- 1313:'I 31 3 : ' Do .........• ....• NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderately good, and the traede is dull, as follows; Per Slb. by the carcase. 84 e d Inferior beof • . 2 10 3 2 Middling do. • 3 4 3 8 Prune large do. 3 10 4 0 4 2 Eg o r . small e pork .. 3 2 3 0 Inferior mutton , 3 8 4 0 a do. .. 4 tided Middling mutton 4 2 4 4 Prime d 0....... 4 6 4 8 Veal ......... . 3 6 4 4 Small pork •. •• 3 10 4 6 Lamb ......•• 6 0 6 0 The amounts from BOROUGhI 1101'. the plantat , ons are not favourable, ow i n g to the want o f rain exper i en ced in most districts. The supply of hops on sale i s ver y small, and the trade rules firm, at rather higher prices for fine samples. COLONIAL. TEA — The public sales were brought to a termination yesterday without any material change as regards prices, SUGAR — OnIy limited transactions h ave been recorde d in West India, and pri ces h ave been barely maintained, infe• rior descriptions bei ng cwt' In the reened m ar k e t there has been a limited busi• ness at steady prices. held at a d ecline of about 6d p er COEYEE.—The demand for 11 antat ion Ce y lon has been steady, although p r i ces h ave in several instances given slightly way ; other descriptions remained without change of importance. Etcta.--A. fair amount of hugioess . - been done in East India, which has fully ma i n t a ined previous values. TALLOW,—The zArlr e t has continued rather inactive , but quotations rem a i n steady, ny.c. on the spot being 41s 3J, and last three mo n th s 4 3 3 per cwt, ILLI ESS Or MR SOTITERO N ESTCOURT. e regret to announce th at t he health of Mr Sotheron Dtcourt is in such a precar i ous state as to be a cause of serious anxiety to hi s f r i ends — s o precarious, indeed, as to render him unable to attend the funeral of his brother. The attack with which he was sei2A about three years ago (ble-;ding at the nose from the rupture of a bloodvessel) has renewed itself, and for some days the right hon. gentleman has been confined to his house in London. The shock oc casioned by his brother's illness and death was probably the cause. There is not, w e are s ure, a singly person in the county who does not heartily wish for the right hon. gen tleman's speedy recovery.—TpilEshir e Mirror. CRYSTAL PALACE, THURSDA.Y.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Admissions on payment, 5,800; ditto by season tickets, 1,211. Total tisitors, 7,011, LITERATURE, Mr. Anthony Trollope's New Work, The Small House at Allington. By Anthony Tro/lope. Two Vols. Illustrated by J. E. Millais, R.A. Elect. Sna;th, Elder and Co. For en easy going story-teller, commend us to Anthony Trollope. Although it seems to us, com paratively speaking, but a very few years since he first began writing his novels—how many of them, to be sure, he has since then contributed to our imaginative literature ! To write an imaginative narrative appears for him to be about as facile a pastime, about as pleasant to himself while penning it, as to his reader while skimming it afterwards rapidly with eager eyes and a flying paper-knife-- to be for him about as facile and pleasant a pas time as it might be to any ordinary adept in the social art of table-talk to rattle off any given quantity of anecdotes and bon-mots, while cracking a dish of filberts after dinner cunz grano sails, sipping, the while, at intervals the ruby coloured and white-bubbling contents of a magnum of old-crusted ! With regard to our author, it is especially noticeable upon opening any one of his fictions—and it matters nothing to us which of them may be turned to, hap-hazard, with a view to testing by an examination of it the accuracy of this oar remark—it is especially noticeable about him at the very outset of any one of his novels, in his mere manner as a narrator, that there is no evidence of the smallest kind of anything at all, discernible there in the opening chapters in the way of prepa ration. It is with him as it is with an artist, who— taking up his brush in front of a blank canvass— begins at once unhesitatingly sketching in his de sign, colouring it as he goes on, never once, so far as we can judge, altering his intentions, modifying nothing, slurring over nothing, not a line, not a hue—leaving everything he does, just precisely as he does it, and yet somehow or another, by a happy instinct, as it would seem, producing a capital picture in the end, and a picture worth studying. Whether all this be the result, in his instance, of a carefully acquired mastery of the ars celare arteni, or whether it simply arises from a constitutional aptitude for the telling, off-hand, of any number or variety of fictitious incidents just as they come into his head —certain it is that he has a way with him in the relating of a story as quietly alluring, or enticing, of its kind, as well could be. He begins as it were sotto voce. He never, as we might say, startles one into attention. He recounts what he :,as to acquaint us with, with the agreeable manner of an accom plished conversationalist. While his narrative has about it, always, the delightful fluency of a veritable improvisation—he improvises with, in his very bearing, all the amiable self-possession of an Eng lish Gentleman—not the least in the world after the fashion of your Italian improvisaiore, with lashing eyes, distracted accents, and excited gesti culation. Reading any one of his books we are con jured at (=BOut of the region of the Sensationalists, We breathe a calmer atmosphere. Wa are in the drawing-rooms or on the lawn—playing croquet, it may be, or dancing quadrilles with people often very much like ourselves, whether in their own nature or in their surroundings. Never, perhaps, has any other novelist, from the days of Apuleius to the days of Bulwer-Lytton, made so much of so little (in the way of a theme) as Anthony Trollope. Several successive pages, for example, he will fill with the merest prattling small-talk in the way of anyday or of everyday conversation not a sparkle of wit in it, not a tone of eloquence, not a flavour of originality —yet so true to reality, so true to life, so true to human nature in every syllable, that we read it with delight and remember it with satisfaction. In respect to his characters, again, there is not one amongst them that we can regard in any particular as a paragon. Not even our oldest nay—almost we had said—dearest friend amongst them all, that good, simple. minded, wholly unworldly, thoroughly unsophisti cated Warden! But—with their little perversities, oddi , i , s, whimsicalities—what characters they are, moreover, particularly the better sort of them! Facile princeps among them—incomparably the greatest of all Mr. Anthony Trollopt , i creations—Archdeacon Grantley I Then too, that dreadful but inexpressibly ridiculous personage Mrs. Peoudic—that portentous Fernnls Bishop, who has so uninistßireahly talrpn into her own use not alone her husband's prunella apron, but the very black broad cloth raiment under neath it which he, and he only, of course, ought ever to have donned ! Shall we ever have done laughingtat her? Most assured not—so long as we can; recall to mind her Nicholas Rigby-like "harsh voice and arrogant manner," so long as we can contrive to note her very unfeminine width of stride, so to speak, when out and about upon her proaepiseopal visitations—so long, in fact, as we can contrive to preserve the faintest recollection of her preposterous mode of illustrating anew in the old cathedral town the truth of Lord Byron's im mortal couplet, that couplet asking after the manner of Martians Scriblerus— " But, Oh ye Lord of Lallos intellectual Inform us truly, have they not hen-pecked -you-all I"' Then, that horribly greasy, unctuous Rev. Mr. Slope ! Together with all those other reverends, very reverends, and right reverends thronging Mr. Trollope's clerical novels with black coats, as thickly as the red coated gentry crowd the the military fictions of Mr. Laser! A wonderful set of people they are, and almost all of them very interesting. Turning away, now, however, from the old familiar haunts of Barchester—forsaking here all thought of " The Warden," of " Framley Par sonage," of " Dr. Therne,"—putting altogether out of view " Richmond Castle" and " Orley Farm"—let as accord to the last completed fiction from the hand of this ready-writer- turned-Novelist the welcome it unquestionably deserves. And as charmingly fluent life-like natural a story it is, as any he has yet dashed off with a flying pen, a pen winged like the petasus of Mercury. Having read it from month to month as it appeared originally in the pages of the gold-coloured Cornhill, we hail its appearance now collectively in these two large-sized handsome volumes as that of a wellsknown favourite—" The Small House at Allington !'' It has this peculiarity about it to begin with—that the heroine of the story is the most charming of all Mr. Anthony Trollope's heroines. Lily Dale —sweetest " rose in that rosebud garden of girls!" A fair English maiden—a true woman—a perfect gentlewoman. And yet so shamefully treated throughout ! Not alone by the imaginary characters in the midst of whom she moves—bat by the author himself ! Is it not so? Answer this, anyone, who has read "The Small House at Allington!" Has not Mr. Troilope given her two lovers—each one of whom is simply intolerable. One of these, the creature idolised by poor Lily Dale to the very last, jilts her disgracefully, like a would be fine gentleman, bat an ingrained snob and scoundrel as he is—Adolphus Crosbie to wit ! Yet, perhaps, of these two lovers of Lily Dale— detestable though Crosbie's conduct in jilting her unquestionably is—of the two, the other one, the more faithful swain, is far and away the more intolerable ! Johnny Eames, our au thor evidently intends us to look upon very kindly all through the book. Johnny Eames, we are manifestly expected to accept as the better hero, as the hero, in fact, of the narra tive. He it is who trounces Adolphus Crosbie on the railway platform ! Johnny Eatnes it is who saves that good-natured, stout, vulgar, old Earl de Guest, frm being gored to death by an in furiated bull in one of his own meadows down at Guestwick ! Yet—all through the book—Johnny Eames is barely to be endured I All through the book he is little better than an under-bred nincompoop ! The utmost reach of dignity he attains at the very last, in our estimation, is little more than that appertaining to an overgrown hobbedehoy ! We hardly know when we like him the least—when at his best, or when at his worst ! When he is giving his rival, the West-end swell, a black eye—or when he is tucking his legs under the mahogany of his earl-patron ! The most intolerable of ell, however, we ought surely to describe him as—where he is shown to us as one of the household in Mrs. Roper's Burton crescent Establishment—as the friend of that horrid Joseph Cradell, as the betrothed for some time, and eventually, too, the.j liter of Amelia Roper, as the as sociate of those odious people, Mr. And Mrs. Lupez. Altogether these lodging-house scenes at Mrs. Roper 4 a are deeply to be regretted as flaws of a most damaging and distorting deeeription in what, without them, much more nearly than it ever now can hope to do, might have approached the character of an entire and perfect chrysolite among our later gems of imaginative literature. The love story of Lily's elder sister, Betl, and Dra Crofts, the local practitioner, must be pronounced, we are afraid, rather slow I Adolphus Crosbie, it is satisfactory to know, attains a full (to overflowing) measure of punishment, in winning the hand of the Lady Alexandrine—she whose father, by the way, though owner of Courcy Castle, as Earl de Courcy is (though an Earl) an unconscionable (there's no other word for it) blackguard. There is a good deal of fun of a quiet kind about one Sir R4fia Buflie— ironically spoken of as Old Huffle Scufll:—down at Johnny Barnes' office. There is abundance also of a more quiet, even as one may say, stately drollery in all thatis said about the seeming approach tog liaison between Mr. Plantagenet Pelliser and the Lady Griselda Dumbello, daughter, it will be remembered, of that—as already intimated—prime favourite of ours, among all Mr. Anthony Trollope's characters, the delightful Archdeacon I Excellent, moreover, as studies of character, are the limnings, here, by Mr. Trollope, of the good old Squire, of his sister-in law, the mother of Bell and Lily, and of the Squire's heir and nephew, Captain Bernard Dale, the walking gentleman of the homely drama played out between the large and the small house at Allington I Happiest and best among all the minor humorous delineations being that of the character of good natured grumpy old Hopkins, the Squire's head gardener ! Altogether " The Small House at Allington" is a fictitious narrative as charmingly written as any yet penned by Mr. Anthony Trollope—the pictorial illustrations, from the pencil of Mr Millais—being (one or two them at least) not unworthy of the youngest of our Royal Academicians. The Guardian Angel. By the author of "A Trap to Catch a Suubeatni Two Yule. Hurst and Blackett. A very pleasant and ao invaluable art is that in culcated by this very charming writer—the art of happiness—of " making the best of it"—of recog nising the bright lining to the olouds that over shadow us, and of entrapping the golden sunbeams that ever and anon shine upon our path. There is enough of sorrow and of evil in the world assuredly, and there are more than enow of " goodnatured candid" friends who love to tell us " the truth," as they see it—that is in the most lugubrious and dis agreeable light imaginable ! There are enough, and more than enough, of such kind comforters abroad to make the rare visits of these "Guardian Angels," who bring an atmosphere of sunshine around them doubly welcome. The Guardian Angel of the story now laid before us is little Dora Elphick, a village sempstress, and here is her philosophy :—" I think it would be a strange thing if we turned all our pictures with the faces to the wall, and made up our dress on the wrong side instead of the right; but it is what most people do, I think. Igenerally take my troubles and look at them, and turn the best side out, and by hiding the ugly one almost forget it's got one/ Little Dora is not without her troubles; the secret of happiness being (as Mark Tapley so earnestly explained° nd exemplified) not an absence of troubles, but the power of overcoming`them. When a heavy grief falls upon Dora—that is to say, the heavy grief of a novel heroine, a disappointment in love— she makes the best of it, she " takes her trouble and looks at it, and turns the best side outwards." She constitutes herself the Guardian Angel of the object of her affection, and, in the good fortune which she is the means of procuring for him, she finds her own reward. The story is very ingenious and very interesting, and contains a variety of attractive characters. Without betraying the secret of the tale, we must, however, withhold our commendation from the main statagem by which Dora elicits the truth of a hidden mystery—we mean her entrance into theTyrrel family—for that purpose. "Under the Ruse" was the chivalrous motto that celebrated the sacred secresyof the domestic circle,and the uncivilised Arab is loth to betray the man of whose bread and salt he has partaken. Dora's artifice is too much akin to treachery to have our sympathy, but saving in this one incident the conduct and character of the heroine are most admirable-and loveable throughout. The home life of the newly married inmates of the White Cottage is very naturally and gracefully described. The fair bride is the charming Geraldine, so ignorant of household duties and yet so jealous of any advice from her more experienced sister-in law, Edith. Arthur Rivers is certainly a paragon of husbands, but his conduct to his sister is hasty and most unbrotheriike. However, we shall be telling too much if wo dwell longer on the particular incidents of the story ; let ns rather commend it as a bit of "sunshine" that the novel-reader will do wisely to " entrap." Taos about Animals. By Peter Parley. Twelfth Edition. One Vol., pp. 688, with 500 engrav inge. William Tegg. A book that has reached a twelfth edition is inde pendent of the critic's eulogiums. Peter Parley, moreover, is a name dear to the nursery and the play-room, and these tales of his about animals have the additional attraction of bearing his name. Some 500 spirited engravings of the various ani mals of the field and forest embellibh the little volume, and the letterpress descriptions are very comprehensive and interesting, enlivened as much as possible by incidents and anecdotes. Our Common Insects. First Steps to Entonzolgy. By Mrs. E. W. Cox. One Vol.) pp. 120. Robert Hadwicke. " Sermons," we know, are proverbially to be found "in stones," and good, most assuredly, may be recognised in everything. Dr. Watts is not the only philosopher who has sent his pupils to learn admonition from the ant and the bee, and however much that delightful example of the dace far niente the barrister Eugene may "object to the bees," on principle, those exemplars of industry will long hold their high position as popular favourites and encouragers. A similar term of the value of trifles and of the power of perseverance is enforced in. deed by the whole insect world. The common in sects of England, of which we . see so much and know so little, are here very pleasantly introduced to our notice by Mrs. E. W. Cox, who has given in the few pages of this little volumette a complete resunzd of the ways and wonders of this too much despised Lilliputian world. As an example of the lively style. in which the little work here under notice is penned, let us quote from the opening Pages the following defence of entomology Few branches of Science have Buffered as much from neglect and derision as Entomology has done. Does the minuteness of its objects give rise to this injustice ? If so, we might as well assign to the physiologist (who carries on his microscopic studies among infinitesimal molecules) a position in the scientific world inferior to his whose interest is confined to exhuming the gigantic remains of extinct animals ; and with no invidious comparison we cannot doubt that pre-eminence is due to the former student. Or does the unsightly appearance of many insects prejudice us against a more familiar acquaintance with their kind ? It so, let us examine thein more carefully, and doubtless we shall be repaid for our trouble and courage, by finding them possessed of external and internal beauties of colour and structure, not surpassed by any other part of the animal kingdom. If, however, we object to them on account of the injury they do to our property, pause we a moment to in quire whether the benefits we receive from them do not more than counterbalance the many evils of which they are the cause. Finally, when wo remember the impor tant place in our • universe assigned by th e Al m i g hty Creator to these minute beings, let us inquire whether we are justified in treating them with neglect and indifference. the conclusion, doubtless, to which every thoughtful mind will arrive ie, that Entomology is by no means unworthy of elevation to a level with any of her sister sciences ; and for this reason we subjoin the following sketch, rather with the hope of inducing our readers to enlarge their inquiries as to the habits and nature of insects, than with that of supplying any new information on the subject. And as a specimen of the interesting character of the descriptions tnenaselves, we will take at hazard one most appropriate for the day, a sketch, namely, of the house fly, which is now tormenting us : The wonderful adaptation of form to function which per vades the animal kingdom is in no instance more beauti fully exemplified than in the formation of the fly's leg, which naturalists, after a series of researches, have found to consist cf two or three membraneous suckers, convex above and hollow beneath, constructed to cause atmospheric pres euro upon the exterior surface, which enables this inse c t to walk against gravity with the back downwards upon ceiling s, and also to climb up smooth surfaces—feats which our little fly's great enemy, the spider, is unable to accom plish: Sufficient numbers of house-flies, however, are captured during their airy excursions by being enangl ed in the cunning traps laid for them by their stealthy fca • Much as we are annoyed in England during certain seasons by house-flies--when we consider what a pest they are In many foreign countries, especially in Spain and the South of France, we have reasons to be thankful for the comps' rativo immunity we enjoy from this insect's irritating persecutions. In writing of Languedoc and some part of Spain, Mr Spence says, " If I farmed these countries I think I should manure four or five acres every year with dead flies ;'' end in the olive districts in France the inha bitants aro obliged at every meal to keep a person ex' pressly for the purpose of driving away these tisy tor mentors. ; , r 61111 HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 21. The Queen drove yesterday in the grounds, both in the morning and afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse and the Princess Louiso. • Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain Von Westerweller, went to Aldershot, and on his return after the field-day was met at Southampton by the Princess Louis in the Fairy. Her Royal Highness was attended by Baroness de Grancy. Tee DA° of Argyll arrived and had the honour of dining with her Majesty, Prince and Princes!' Leiningen also dined at Osborne. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena continues to improve in every respect. The rush has entirely disappeared. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales cam© to Marlborough House yesterday forenoon from the White Lodge, Richmond Park. The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, he,d at the Office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate , St. James's Park. There were present Sir W. Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Seal ; Sir W. J. Alexander, AttorneY General; Lieut. General Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his Royal Highness; and the Lord Portman. Arrival of the Grand Duchess Mary of Russia Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marl of Russia, accompanied by his Excellency Os Count Strogonoff and a numerous suite, arrived at Dover by the half-past three boat yesterday after% noon from Calais. His Excellency the Russian Ambassador, who left town early in the morning for Dover, was is waiting on the pier to receive the duchess. Shortly before four o'clock his excellency eo" ducted Der Imperial Highness and suite to the train her Imperial Highness and suite occupying Royal saloon carriages, and being attended by the sups' rintendent Mr. Knight. The train arrived at the Charing-cross station about six o'clock, from whence her Imperial Highness, accompanied by Baron Brunnow, proceeded to Claridge's Hotel, Brook-street, where her Imperial Highness will stay for a few days previous to her departure for Torquay, where it is expected her Imperial High' ness will stay for a few months. His Excellency the Ambassador of France will leave Albert Gate House on or about Thursday next, for Paris. His Excellency the Minister for the Netherland s and Madame Van de Weyer and family left Grosvenor.. square yesterday for New Lodge, Windsor Forest. The Marquis and Marchioness of CArmerthen have left town for the season. _ _ The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square from the Continent. The Countess Cowper is entertaining a select party at Panshanger, Herts. The Eirl and Countess of Fife and Lady Anne Duff have left town for their seat in Scotland. The Earl and Countess of Morley will torn early next week for th e i r sea t, N or th Molton, Devon. The Countess of Cadedon has left town for th e season. leave Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre have loft town for their seat, Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. Viscount and Viscountess Somerton have left town for their seat, Madehurst Lodge, Arundel, Sussex. Lord and Lady Foley will leave town today ou a continental tour. Lord Willoughby de Broke and family have left town for the season. DEATH OF CHERUBINI'S WIDOW AT NINETY' oxe I—Madame Cherubini, widow of the great compeer, has just died in Neuilly. She was in her ninety-first yea r. The small body of friends which accompanied her reraait° l to the grave was headed by M. Auber. LAUNCH OF A CUNARD STEAMER.—On Wedne o ` day afternoon an iron screw steamer, intended O r the Cunard North American service, was launched from the building yard of Messrs Tod and Macgregor, Glasgow .- The new vessel, which has been named the Cuba, presence the following dimensions :—Length of keel and foreralete 32; ft ; breadth of beam, moulded, 42ft ; depth moulded to spar deck, 29ft. The tonnage it 2,382 by builder's measrtree went, The Cuba will be propelled by oscillating engi neg of 650-horse power nominal, fitted with surface condent and all the latest improvements. She will possess ace. one modation for 300 first-class passengers, and if it should at any time be deemed desirable to employ her as a troops she would be found capable of transporting 1,500 men. Th e rig will be similar to that usually adopted in the tee ca rd ships, Cunningham's patent reefing topsails being, O r played, and the masts being furnished with Sir Sno w Harris's lightning conductor as applied to iron shire. duplicate ship to the Cuba, to be named the Java, is Si present being built for the Cunard Company by Me ssrs. Thompson, of Govan, and is expected to be launched February, 1865. THE FORTIFICATIONS OF SPITHEAD.—It; TOO originally proposed by the Defence Commissioners that five forts should be constructed for the defence of Spit' _head, and the positions chosen for these Were the Horse Sand, No Man's Land, the Spit Point, at a point inter mediate between the fort on the Horso Sand and Porta° . Island, and on the Sturbridge. It was, however, die covered that a proper foundat ion could not be obtained 0 n the last-named shoal, and a select committee, consisting of Admiral Milne, Captain B. S. Hewlett, R.N., Colonel J. W. Gorden, 31,E.,- Colonel C. V, Cockburn, R.A., Colonel H. D. Harness, R.E., Captain J. Bythesea, James Ferguseon, Esq., was appointed to recommend erb at alteration should be made in the original plan of the cone missioners consequent upon the abandonment of the work on the Sturbridge. The committee made their Import Yea: terday. They unanimously recommend that a work should be constructed on the Spitbank, in a position about 600 yards to the south-West of the point on which it was er r ' gisally proposed by the Defence Commission to erect a fort. such a work, the committee consider, would, in conjunctio n with the batteries at Fort Morickton, bear immediately up ' ll the anchorage of .Spithead, and would also co-operate with the works on the Horse Sand . and No Man's Land, an d with the Blockhouse Point and Southsea batteries in the defence respectively at the outer channel to Spithead tol d of the inner channel to Ports,elouth harbour, FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT: ON THE TAltime.—A Bad accident occurred on Wednesday on the T a mar, hi which a mother and her child was drowned. The Volutateer steamer went up the river to the Weir Head with the children and friends of the Wycliff:-. Sunday school. S . " had, unknown it is said to the eaptoin, one of her boats following astern. A boat containing e% yOung man named Coombes, his wife and child, and a ferna2e friend, was peas' ing up the river, and Coombes, in spite of a warning from a boy connected with the steamer, who was in her boat, fastened his craft to that of the steamer. When near Me" wellham Rock, the river being narrow aria tortuous, the steame r made a sharp turn, an d C oom b es ' s b. )at, net bei n g steered exactly in her wake, received tho swell on ttte broadside, shipped a wave, filled and sank. Th.' steamer ett soon as possible stopped and backed; and, after some difli' young man Coombes and his female friene r efer" red d lty to , t h e viere get on board the steamer's boat. All efforts t 0 discover the poor man's wife and child, however, w ere unavailing—they had sunk to rise no more. Several ,beats were soon on the spot, and the body of Mrs Coombes recovered during the evening.— licstern Norniv IVoz's* FIVE CHILDREN BURIED ALIVE.—In Paris sa accident occurred on Monday in the Rue Chatillons near the Barrier du Combat. During the thunderstorm which burst over Paris some children took shelter from th e hail and rain agai ns t a wall which enclosed a piece of vacant ground. The wall, behind which a quantity of stones and s material had been piled up, suddenly gave way and burt,d.! five of th e c hild ren b ene ath the ruins. Th ree were dea d when got out, and the two others, though still alive, we re dangerously iLjured. ThE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1864.